RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring The Founding Fathers

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Beginning with a selection of fantastic early American history—the Founding Fathers and Revolutionary War—RR Auction’s July Fine Autograph and Artifact sale boasts over 1,000 lots. Top items include a 1776 autograph letter by General George Washington, a document from rare Declaration signer George Taylor, a book from the personal library of Thomas Jefferson, and a manuscript by John Jay, tracking claims by New York’s Loyalists. An additional special highlight of the auction is an exceedingly rare autograph letter by Protestant Reformer Martin Luther, dated 1543. Other lots of significance are letters by Albert Einstein, Martin Luther King, Jr., Horatio Nelson, Lord Byron, and Barack Obama. RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in historical autographs and artifacts. Join us as we make history selling history in July 2018.
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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Mathew Brady558 - Mathew Brady
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Scarce National Metropolitan Bank check, 8.25 x 2.75, filled out in another hand, payable to Brady for $10, October 19, 1878, endorsed on the reverse
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Camille Corot559 - Camille Corot
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French landscape painter (1796-1875) identified with the Barbizon School. ALS in French, signed “C. Corot,” one page, 5.25 x 7.75, no date. Letter to
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Louis Daguerre560 - Louis Daguerre
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French artist and photographer (1787–1851) recognized for his invention of the daguerreotype process of photography. LS in French, signed “I approve t
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Salvador Dali561 - Salvador Dali
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Signed book: Dali's Mustache. First edition. NY: Simon and Schuster, 1954. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7, 126 pages. Prominently signed and inscribed acro...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Eugene Delacroix562 - Eugene Delacroix
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French artist (1798–1863) who takes a place in the first rank of painters in the Romantic tradition and whose mastery of color and technique inspired
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Henri Matisse563 - Henri Matisse
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ALS in French, signed “H. Matisse,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, January 20, 1949. Letter concerning a collaboration with novelist Colette. In part (transla
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Henri Matisse564 - Henri Matisse
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Third-person ALS in French, signed twice within the text, one page, 8.25 x 5.25, no date. Poignant message from Matisse indicating his whereabouts to
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Pablo Picasso566 - Pablo Picasso
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Amazing original ballpoint sketch of his famous dove of peace, accomplished by Picasso on an off-white 6.75 x 5 album page, prominently signed across
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Estimate : 25,000.00 - 35,000.00
 
 
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Pablo Picasso567 - Pablo Picasso
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ALS in French, signed "Picasso," one page, 3.5 x 8.25, no date. Written from his "Mas Notre Dame de Vie, Mougins" farmhouse, a l...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Camille Pissarro569 - Camille Pissarro
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Superb ALS in French, signed “C. Pissarro,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 7, black-bordered stationery, January 26, 1899. Letter to a doct
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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